Description of Alitame

Alitame is bogus sweetener. Developed by Pfizer in the 1980’s, it is marketed beneath the cast name “Aclame”.

The aspartame industry is actual big and there is a lot of abeyant for profit. After the analysis of aspartame in the 70’s, scientists began seek for added agnate sweeteners. Alitame is one of these additional bearing bogus sweeteners.

It is a dipeptide agnate to aspartame, and contains the amino acids aspartic acid and alanine.

Alitame has the afterward backdrop that accord it the advantage over added bogus sweeteners like aspartame.

2000 times sweeter than sucrose (about 10 times sweeter than aspartame)

no aftertaste

does not accommodate phenylalanin (can be acclimated by humans with phenylketonuria)

more abiding beneath hot or acerb altitude than aspartame (but beneath abiding than aspartame or acesulfame potassium)

Alitame is not currently accustomed in the US and the aggregation that now owns the rights accept aloof their FDA address for approval. The acumen cited is that the costs to aftermath it were too high.

Alitame is accustomed in a amount of added countries, including Australia and Mexico.